The United States Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) at Vandenberg SFB, Santa Barbara, California is searching for a Workflow Manager (NH-0301-02, GS 05/11equivalent).
Description:
Workflow Czar: You are the central nervous system for all squadron work orders. Your job is to ensure nothing gets lost, delayed, or ignored. This involves proactive data monitoring, analysis, and reporting upwards to leadership so they can apply pressure where needed.
Quality Assurance Inspector: You are the unit's internal auditor and technical expert. You use established programs (like CSEP) and your own broad knowledge to evaluate everything from maintenance procedures to program management, ensuring the squadron meets technical and operational standards.
Strategic Communicator: You translate complex technical findings and data into clear, actionable reports and briefings for senior leaders. Your analysis doesn't just point out problems; it identifies the root cause and provides solutions to improve the squadron's overall mission readiness.
The ideal candidate for the Workflow Manager position is a highly analytical, communicative, and technically proficient professional with extensive Quality Assurance (QA) experience. This individual will serve as the central nervous system for squadron operations, driving continuous improvement and ensuring uncompromising mission readiness through rigorous oversight, internal auditing, and strategic reporting.
Key Skills and Abilities:
1. Knowledge of communications and information (C&I) systems and facilities, practices and methodologies used in both government and industry; to include an understanding of the Space Force, Air Force and C&I organizational structure.
2. Knowledge and understanding of the Department of Defense Planning, Programming and Budgeting System (PPBS) and Federal budget process, including knowledge of congressional budget process; and understanding of Air Force, DoD and OMB policies, directives, and regulations to effectively develop and defend multi-year financial programs.
3. Knowledge of acquisition planning and contracting methodologies sufficient to provide an analysis with a recommended course of action on a wide variety of contractual matters.
4. Knowledge of safety, security, personnel management, Military Equal Opportunity (MEO) and EEO regulations, practices, and procedures.
5. skill in managing the work operations of multiple organizational segments to meet program requirements, goals, and objective within available resources.
6. Ability to plan, organize and direct the functions and mentor, motivate, and appraise the staff of an organization directly and through subordinate supervisors.
7. Ability to identify problems, develop and implement innovative detailed strategies to resolve a wide range of programming, C&I and management issues.
8. Ability to execute complex projects and/or studies within established time constraints.
9. Ability to establish and maintain relationships with key individuals/groups within and outside immediate work unit including field-level representatives.
10. Ability to advise senior leaders and field-level representatives.
Eligible for situational telework only, including Emergency and OPM prescribed “Unscheduled Telework”.
PCS is not authorized. Incentive is not authorized.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
Required to handle and safeguard sensitive and/or classified information in accordance with regulations to reduce potential compromise.
May be required to work other than normal duty hours, which may include evening, weekends, and/or holidays.
May be required to travel by military or commercial aircraft in the performance of TDY assignments.
Subject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): Approximately 15 days per year.
This position will close after 5 business days or 75 applications, whichever comes first.
Depending on the type of position (competitive/excepted) you are selected for, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period OR 2-year trial period.
Upon completion of your probationary/trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
Qualifications
The 0301 series does not have an individual occupational requirement that must be met. You can view the experience level requirements here. Please scroll down to the 3rd section titled Administrative and Management Positions.
Additional information
Employed Annuitants (Reemployed Annuitants): Applicants in receipt of an annuity based on civilian employment in the Federal Service are subject to the DoD Policy on The Employment of Annuitants. Click here for more information.
Disabled veteran leave is available to a Federal employee hired on/after 5 Nov 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or more. For more information, click here.
Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
How you will be evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies as related to the series and grade of the position being filled. Final qualifications determinations will be assessed based on OPM's General Schedule Qualifications Standards found here:
Interviews: You will be contacted by e-mail and/or telephone if your application is identified as qualifying for a position being filled. An interview may be conducted. If interviewed, you will be asked to address the same knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies used to initially qualify your application for the position.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
Resume:You must submit a resume that may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume exceeds two pages or is illegible/unreadable. Do NOT include photographs, inappropriate material, inappropriate content, nor personal information such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such information you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your resume must provide:
Personal information - your full name, email and mailing addresses, phone number
Education information - the name of the school and the dates you attended
Work experience - paid and unpaid work with the following information:
Job title
Detailed duties and accomplishments
Employer's name and address
Supervisor's name and phone number
Starting and ending dates (If actual dates are not known, provide your best-estimated timeframes.)
Hours per week
Salary, if applicable
Other qualifications - skills, certifications/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-related training courses
College Transcripts (if applicable): Please see the Education section of this announcement for detailed information about transcripts.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
Do not email applications.To submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity click here.
PLEASE NOTE: It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that information entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accurate, and submitted by the closing date. You may verify your documents have been processed with your application package successfully. You can access your USAJOBS account to do so by clicking here. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan.
Resume:You must submit a resume that may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume exceeds two pages or is illegible/unreadable. Do NOT include photographs, inappropriate material, inappropriate content, nor personal information such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such information you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your resume must provide:
Personal information - your full name, email and mailing addresses, phone number
Education information - the name of the school and the dates you attended
Work experience - paid and unpaid work with the following information:
Job title
Detailed duties and accomplishments
Employer's name and address
Supervisor's name and phone number
Starting and ending dates (If actual dates are not known, provide your best-estimated timeframes.)
Hours per week
Salary, if applicable
Other qualifications - skills, certifications/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-related training courses
College Transcripts (if applicable): Please see the Education section of this announcement for detailed information about transcripts.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
Do not email applications.To submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity click here.
PLEASE NOTE: It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that information entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accurate, and submitted by the closing date. You may verify your documents have been processed with your application package successfully. You can access your USAJOBS account to do so by clicking here. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan.
